There & Back Again – A Traveler's Tale

We made it to the Cinque Terra. We are staying in Monterosso in a new hotel that is up in the mountains. The views are tremendous and it is very quiet. We ate dinner at our favorite restaurant in the Cinque Terra, Ristorante Miky!

We flew in yesterday morning and spent the night in Rome. We went to a favorite restaurant, Otello della Concordia. It was delicious as always. Now we are on the train to La Spezia and then on to the Cinque Terra.

Yesterday we made the trip into my home town, Napoli for a pizza. We went to a new place called Pellone, recommended by my cousin Lello. When we got there we realized that we had been there years ago with my Father. Needless to say, it was an excellent pizza!

Last night we went to a concert featuring 3 Neopolitan Tenors. It was awesome. We were expecting a big concert in a venue like you would see in the US but it was a small concert room that seated maybe 100.

And yet another nice day in Sorrento culminating with dinner in the Marina Grande at Da Emilia and a surprise fireworks display.

We had a nice day in Sorrento starting with an excellent pizza at a new (to us) Pizza place called Franco’s near Piazza Lauro and the Circumvesuviano station. Then we walked through a lemon grove to checkout the progress on restoring the Lorelei, and old hotel that we used to stay at but has been abandoned for 10 plus years. We ended the day with a nice dinner at one of our favorites, The Garden. The only issue has been the heat. It is a bit hot and humid this time of year; need to get back to out April/May schedule!

We left Cortona yesterday and stopped for lunch in Frascati on our way to Sorrento.

Today we toured a new winery. Leuta is a smaller winery where our friend Jenny from Poliziano now works. Then we spent the rest of the day in Montepulciano and had dinner at another of our favorites, La Grotta in Cortona.